Answer:
'bigotry' and 'persecution'
Step-by-step explanation:
"Making the Future Better, Together" is a blog that is written by Eboo Patel. Eboo Patel firmly believes that religion can bring people close together and they can live in harmony.
He defines the "essence of our nation" by saying that the US government does not consider bigotry and and does not support persecution of any kind and those who lived by this are demeaning as good citizens of United States.